Radio Bristol

Ok so you've had the email I sent round. Now is the time to reply to it. We need two victims volunteers to go on BBC Radio Bristol and talk about the club and how great it is. At a push I will volunteer to be one of them but it means I have to try and make it from Knowle through rush hour traffic up to Whiteladies Road within half an hour. As the missus doesn't get home until around 5.30pm and the show starts at 6pm until 6.45.

So come on you know you like to talk but can you talk enough to persuade the people of Bristol that our club outshines any and all others? Come on you know you would love for everyone to hear what you have to say!

Frome Wessex Camera Club Exhibition

It's Frome Wessex Camera Club's 30th Anniversary and to celebrate they are holding an exhibition as part of the Frome Festival. The exhibition opens on the 10th and runs until the 18th of July. It's being held in the Westway Shopping Precinct in Frome and if you park in the Market Yard Car Park its the first shop over the bridge on the right. It's open from 10am to 4pm daily admission is free.

They are also inviting people to "An Evening with Christ Chapman, The Dartmoor Photographs'"
 Chris who is a photographer and HTV cameraman will be giving the talk at the Beckington Memorial Hall near Frome on Friday 9th July and tickets are £8. You can get your tickets from the box office of the Cheese and Grain by phoning  01373 45542 or contact them via email. Please mention event 4.

A chance to smell nice.

As well as the Purton Hulks trip that's been organised there will be a trip out to a Lavender Farm and the Cotswold Salon 2010 National Exhibition of Monochrome Photography.

The exhibition is only on for a week so were fairly limited to the days we can do this. The suggested date is  Saturday 10th of July. Barrie and I are definate's so far and if anyone else would like to come please email Barrie and let him know. It's going to be a morning start with getting back late afternoon, evening. So come along not only will you get to see some great photography you may also end up smelling nice because you fell over in the Lavender! If you can't make this trip but would still like to visit the exhibition it is on from Saturday 10th July to Saturday 17th July at

The Summerfield Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, Albert Road, Cheltenham, GL53 3JG 

 The Salon's website can be found here if you want to take a look.

It's nice out lets go take pictures

After virtually swimming home from school with my daughter today instead of cycling it's time to see if your up for a little trip out, weather permitting. The plan is to go visit the Purton Hulks on Thursday, 17 June. There are a few spaces in some of the cars that will be travelling up so drop me a mail or leave a post in this discussion thread on our Flickr pages to say that you would like a lift. More details in that thread nearer the date.
If you want to see what pictures other people have taken of area then go visit the Purton and its Barges Flickr Group

Beer, skittles and even some trophies

Thursday night was the grand social event of the year. The Annual Reflex Camera Club Skittles Night. Plenty of alcohol was drunk, skittles were umm skittled? (is that the right word, is it even a word?) and Trophies were awarded. 

The first Trophy was for Print Photographer of the Year and Daisy accepted it on behalf of Larry Whetton.

Barrie Tovey Collects Best Print Photograph of the Year from Rosie.
(Were sorry about the height difference between Barrie and Rosie in the photograph, we did try to get him to stand on a box but he got vertigo)

Ian Coombs accepting the Trophy for Photographer of the Year.

 Rosie presents Mark Stone with Best Projected Image and Projected Image Photographer of the Year.